Alex Rider: StormBreaker (DS)

This review is for the game Alex Rider - Stormbreaker for the Nintendo DS, developed by Altron and published by THQ. The game is an arcade type game with lots of different kinds of game play, from driving to snooker and from fighting to exploring. Primarily though the aim is to fight your way through the levels with numerous sub games. In terms of difficulty, the game is too easy, and I say that as someone who doesn't necessarily find games simple to complete. There is a lack of challenge generally in the game and very little in the game to make a player return. The fighting element of the game, which is most of it, is quite pointless, with your character able ...  Read the complete review

Alex rider: storm breaker for DS was a dismal failure, throughout the entire game Alex is only two moves punch and kick. The gameplay is incredibly short; I alongside most decent gamers completed this within an hour. Once you have completed the game your only option is to repeat the last two levels or turn off the game completely lacks depth and only consists of 'beating up the bad guys'. At one point during the game you have to face fifteen guards armed with assault rifles, somehow a fourteen year old boy who is Unarmed, manages to kill them all despite getting repeatedly shot. The controls are uncomfortable and unnatural ...  Read the complete review